Polyglot Dictionary

vegetal

/veʒeˈtaw/

o noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os vegetais

Meaning

  1. vegetable

    • Como vegetais.

      I eat vegetables.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

legume

legume is more everyday or culinary; vegetal is more scientific or botanical, and can also mean "plant" more broadly — both mean "vegetable."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

hortaliza

hortaliza is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "vegetable."

Spanish

verdura

verdura is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "vegetable."

French

légume

légume is the French word for the same thing — both mean "vegetable."

Practice

1 What does vegetal mean?

2 Fill the gap: Como ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches vegetal?

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